Potaja Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Potaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
Potaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Potaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Potaja has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Potaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Potaja is primarily found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Potaja live; 56 percent live in Oceania Islands and 56 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Potaja is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 100 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 44 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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